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Overview

Mirta Galesic is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on social sciences and physics and astronomy. In particular, their work intersects areas such as statistical and nonlinear physics, sociology and political science, gender studies, artificial intelligence, and communication.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Mirta Galesic include:

  • Integrating social and cognitive aspects of belief dynamics: towards a unifying framework, 2021, Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • Stewardship of global collective behavior, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The unequal impact of parenthood in academia, 2021, Science Advances
  • Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty, 2022, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty, 2023, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors of Mirta Galesic include:

  • Henrik Olsson
  • Allison C. Morgan
  • Daniel B. Larremore
  • Aaron Clauset
  • Jean-Gabriel Young

Common publication venues for this scientist encompass:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Best Publications

  • Effects of Questionnaire Length on Participation and Indicators of Response Quality in a Web Survey

    Mirta Galesic;Michael Bosnjak

  • Measuring risk literacy: The Berlin numeracy test

    Edward T. Cokely;Mirta Galesic;Eric Schulz;Saima Ghazal

  • An Experimental Comparison of Web and Telephone Surveys

    Scott Fricker;Mirta Galesic;Roger Tourangeau;Ting Yan

  • Presenting quantitative information about decision outcomes: a risk communication primer for patient decision aid developers

    Lyndal J. Trevena;Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher;Adrian Edwards;Wolfgang Gaissmaier

  • Using icon arrays to communicate medical risks : Overcoming low numeracy

    Mirta Galesic;Rocio Garcia-Retamero;Gerd Gigerenzer

  • Graph Literacy: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

    Mirta Galesic;Rocio Garcia-Retamero

  • Personality determinants of online shopping : Explaining online purchase intentions using a hierarchical approach

    Michael Bosnjak;Mirta Galesic;Tracy Tuten

  • Who proficts from visual aids: Overcoming challenges in people's understanding of risks

    Rocio Garcia-Retamero;Mirta Galesic

  • Statistical numeracy for health : A cross-cultural comparison with probabilistic national samples

    Mirta Galesic;Rocio Garcia-Retamero

  • Eye-Tracking Data New Insights on Response Order Effects and Other Cognitive Shortcuts in Survey Responding

    Mirta Galesic;Roger Tourangeau;Roger Tourangeau;Mick P. Couper;Frederick G. Conrad

  • Stewardship of global collective behavior.

    Joseph B. Bak-Coleman;Mark Alfano;Mark Alfano;Wolfram Barfuss;Carl T. Bergstrom

  • The unequal impact of parenthood in academia

    Allison C. Morgan;Samuel F. Way;Michael J. D. Hoefer;Daniel B. Larremore

  • Do icon arrays help reduce denominator neglect

    Rocio Garcia-Retamero;Mirta Galesic;Gerd Gigerenzer

  • Communicating Treatment Risk Reduction to People With Low Numeracy Skills: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

    Rocio Garcia-Retamero;Mirta Galesic

  • How to reduce the effect of framing on messages about health.

    Rocio Garcia-Retamero;Mirta Galesic

  • Social learning strategies modify the effect of network structure on group performance

    Daniel Barkoczi;Mirta Galesic

  • Natural Frequencies Help Older Adults and People with Low Numeracy to Evaluate Medical Screening Tests

    Mirta Galesic;Gerd Gigerenzer;Nils Straubinger

  • Homophily and minority-group size explain perception biases in social networks

    Eun Lee;Fariba Karimi;Claudia Wagner;Hang-Hyun Jo

  • Doc, what would you do if you were me? On self-other discrepancies in medical decision making.

    Rocio Garcia-Retamero;Mirta Galesic

  • Social Sampling Explains Apparent Biases in Judgments of Social Environments

    Mirta Galesic;Henrik Olsson;Jörg Rieskamp

  • Dropouts on the web: Effects of interest and burden experienced during an online survey

    Mirta Galesic

Frequent Co-Authors

Rocio Garcia-Retamero
Rocio Garcia-Retamero University of Granada
Gerd Gigerenzer
Gerd Gigerenzer Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Michael Bosnjak
Michael Bosnjak University of Trier
Roger Tourangeau
Roger Tourangeau Westat (United States)
Edward T. Cokely
Edward T. Cokely University of Oklahoma
Mick P. Couper
Mick P. Couper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lyndal Trevena
Lyndal Trevena University of Sydney
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Isaac M. Lipkus
Isaac M. Lipkus Duke University
Frederick G. Conrad
Frederick G. Conrad University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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